Every JUMP hero needs a rival. A Vegeta to their Goku. 당신 know, that guy in your life that's not quite Frieza, but not quite Krillin. Some people like to refer to them as frenemies, others OTP, but that kind of deviates into a darker corner of fandom that we won't go into (just yet). For Gintoki, his "Vegeta" comes in the form of a mayonnaise huffing, straight-laced police officer named Hijikata Toshirou: his exact opposite yet identical twin all at the same time: the best kind of rival.
Gintoki and Hijikata are the classic comedic rivalry. They're both so alike that it almost hurts to watch...
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